January 18, 2004

, Iraq , an Insurgent Suicide Bomber driving a car filled with explosives blows himself up while attempting to enter " Assassin's Gate ." Early reports say that about 18 people, including 16 Iraqi civilians and two United States Department Of Defense workers were killed, while another 56 Iraqi civilians were wounded. {Link without Title}

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon praises the Israeli ambassador to Sweden, Zvi Mazel , for vandalising the artwork entitled " Snow White And The Madness Of Truth " displayed at a Stockholm museum. The piece, created by an Israeli-born composer/musician, consists of a white float carrying a picture of a Palestinian Suicide Bomber in a pool of blood-coloured water. Mazel was caught on surveillance video disconnecting the electric power from the display and throwing a lamp into the water. Mazel says, "This exhibit was the culmination of dozens of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish events in Sweden." {Link without Title}

Ex- Australia n cricketer and current Victorian coach David Hookes is rushed to hospital after being hit from behind during a brawl outside the Beaconsfield Hotel in St Kilda, Victoria . He is "technically dead" by the time paramedics arrive, but is revived, and is placed in Melbourne 's Alfred Hospital in a coma and on life support. {Link without Title}

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